Yea, it depends on the quality of the uni too. I have looked into teaching on the side like this (and i do have a phd) and its alot of work (once you factor in prep time, office hours, grading, etc, and these positions are not given TAs usually) for very little pay. It could be fun though.
Yea, it depends on the quality of the uni too. I have looked into teaching on the side like this (and i do have a phd) and its alot of work (once you factor in prep time, office hours, grading, etc, and these positions are not given TAs usually) for very little pay. It could be fun though.
As someone who graduated from a technical school, but no college degree... I have recently decided to go back. As much as I think I could slowly work my way up in the working field, I feel like that white paper means A LOT when it comes to deciding who stays when companies have layoffs or if your applying for a job in the same field as someone else who has a degree.
If i'm an employer, i'm going to hire the person who graduated from a nationally accredited school nearly 90% of the time unless the individual who doesn'th ave a degree has major experience in something nearly identical to their duties.
If i'm an employer, i'm going to hire the person who graduated from a nationally accredited school nearly 90% of the time unless the individual who doesn'th ave a degree has major experience in something nearly identical to their duties.
Life's not just about money, though. I know I'm not typical, but I like knowledge for its own sake.
I've often said I'm a high school dropout. That's not totally true. I went to night school a couple years after. I have a high school diploma.
Income? In the past 10 years, the low was $100k, and high was $225k
Income? In the past 10 years, the low was $100k, and high was $225k
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Saw this in my morning paper, but couldn't fins an on-line link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061026/ap_on_go_ot/degree_value
College degree worth extra $23,000/year By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER,
Associated Press Writer
Thu Oct 26, 6:28 AM ET
"WASHINGTON - How much is a bachelor's degree worth? About $23,000 a year, the government said in a report released Thursday.
That is the average gap in earnings between adults with bachelor's degrees and those with high school diplomas, according to data from the Census Bureau.
College graduates made an average of $51,554 in 2004, the most recent figures available, compared with $28,645 for adults with a high school diploma. High school dropouts earned an average of $19,169 and those with advanced college degrees made an average of $78,093.
"There appear to be strong incentives to get a college degree, given the gaps that we observe," said Lisa Barrow, senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
The income gap narrowed slightly from five years earlier, when college graduates made nearly twice as much as high school graduates. But the differences remained significant for men and women of every racial and ethnic group.
Eighty-five percent of people 25 and older had at least a high school diploma or the equivalent in 2005, according to the Census Bureau's 2005 Current Population Survey. In 2000, 80 percent had a high school diploma or the equivalent, and a little more than half did in 1970.
Twenty-eight percent had at least a bachelor's degree, compared with about 24 percent in 2000 and 11 percent in 1970.
"I think we've done a very good job of getting individuals into college," said Cecilia Rouse, professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University. "But we don't fully understand why we don't do as good a job of graduating them."
Chester Finn, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute in Washington, said too many high school graduates are unprepared to succeed in college.
"If you don't emerge from high school having done at least the equivalent of advanced algebra, you are not going to be ready for college math," Finn said. "You can make similar points about English."
Among the other findings in the report:
_Minnesota, Utah, Montana, New Hampshire and Alaska had the highest proportions of adults with at least a high school diploma ? all at about 92 percent.
_Texas had the lowest proportion of adults with at least a high school diploma, about 78 percent. It was followed closely by Kentucky and Mississippi.
_Connecticut was the state with the highest proportion of adults with at least a bachelor's degree, nearly 37 percent. It was followed closely by Massachusetts, Maryland and New Jersey.
_Nearly 47 percent of adults in Washington, D.C., had at least a bachelor's degree.
_West Virginia had the lowest proportion of college graduates, at 15 percent. It was followed at the bottom by Arkansas, Kentucky and Louisiana."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061026/ap_on_go_ot/degree_value
College degree worth extra $23,000/year By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER,
Associated Press Writer
Thu Oct 26, 6:28 AM ET
"WASHINGTON - How much is a bachelor's degree worth? About $23,000 a year, the government said in a report released Thursday.
That is the average gap in earnings between adults with bachelor's degrees and those with high school diplomas, according to data from the Census Bureau.
College graduates made an average of $51,554 in 2004, the most recent figures available, compared with $28,645 for adults with a high school diploma. High school dropouts earned an average of $19,169 and those with advanced college degrees made an average of $78,093.
"There appear to be strong incentives to get a college degree, given the gaps that we observe," said Lisa Barrow, senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
The income gap narrowed slightly from five years earlier, when college graduates made nearly twice as much as high school graduates. But the differences remained significant for men and women of every racial and ethnic group.
Eighty-five percent of people 25 and older had at least a high school diploma or the equivalent in 2005, according to the Census Bureau's 2005 Current Population Survey. In 2000, 80 percent had a high school diploma or the equivalent, and a little more than half did in 1970.
Twenty-eight percent had at least a bachelor's degree, compared with about 24 percent in 2000 and 11 percent in 1970.
"I think we've done a very good job of getting individuals into college," said Cecilia Rouse, professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University. "But we don't fully understand why we don't do as good a job of graduating them."
Chester Finn, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute in Washington, said too many high school graduates are unprepared to succeed in college.
"If you don't emerge from high school having done at least the equivalent of advanced algebra, you are not going to be ready for college math," Finn said. "You can make similar points about English."
Among the other findings in the report:
_Minnesota, Utah, Montana, New Hampshire and Alaska had the highest proportions of adults with at least a high school diploma ? all at about 92 percent.
_Texas had the lowest proportion of adults with at least a high school diploma, about 78 percent. It was followed closely by Kentucky and Mississippi.
_Connecticut was the state with the highest proportion of adults with at least a bachelor's degree, nearly 37 percent. It was followed closely by Massachusetts, Maryland and New Jersey.
_Nearly 47 percent of adults in Washington, D.C., had at least a bachelor's degree.
_West Virginia had the lowest proportion of college graduates, at 15 percent. It was followed at the bottom by Arkansas, Kentucky and Louisiana."
Masters, 2 Bachelors +extra credits (finishing now). Will be 30-40 range to start. 34yrs old, secondary ed teacher. It's the most I've ever made, by quite a bit.
I just turned 21, I will be graduating this semester with a BS in Information Technology. I am a Network Engineer making about 60k, not including bonuses.
25y/o
Exchange Admin for large company ( over 200,000 employees)
$77,480
High School and an A+ cert
Exchange Admin for large company ( over 200,000 employees)
$77,480
High School and an A+ cert
31 y/o
Message System Administrator
About $72k
8 yrs military (5 yrs electronic tech, 3 years satellite communications)
Worked 6 months in help desk, then lost my job
Unemployed for 13 months after that
Then got a system operator job for about $40k
A year and a half ago, changed companies on the contract, and got advanced to an "Administrator" position.
High School
A+
Network+
Security Clearance
Taking college courses though; I have a feeling right now I need to learn something new to market myself better. Getting tired of the boring grunt work of hardware, computers and stuff.
Message System Administrator
About $72k
8 yrs military (5 yrs electronic tech, 3 years satellite communications)
Worked 6 months in help desk, then lost my job
Unemployed for 13 months after that
Then got a system operator job for about $40k
A year and a half ago, changed companies on the contract, and got advanced to an "Administrator" position.
High School
A+
Network+
Security Clearance
Taking college courses though; I have a feeling right now I need to learn something new to market myself better. Getting tired of the boring grunt work of hardware, computers and stuff.
HS: $70k
I'm going back to college so I can take up a career where I'll be making about $45k.
The irony.
I'm going back to college so I can take up a career where I'll be making about $45k.
The irony.
I'm HS with some college, going back to finish up now.
Makin $32k a year now, but I'm going back for an English degree, and will probably end up teaching. If I do it on a high school level there's a chance I'll be taking a pay cut.
Currently working as a claims specialist in health insurance. Did tech support before this, but it paid less, and I never bothered to get any certs so when the market tightened up I fell out of it. If I had stayed with my previous insurance company instead of moving and getting a new job I'd probably be more around 36k right now.
*edit - 24. When I went to school the first time, I was going for English and Electrical Engineering, I might still get the Engineering someday but there's just no way I could get the degree while working full time, and right now I feel I'd be happier teaching than Engineering, still up in the air though.
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